Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged South West

Health workers in South West celebrate double lump-sum victory

Successful strike action in Wiltshire and North Devon has secured a minimum £1,655 lump sum bonus for health workers

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON appoints new regional secretary in the South West

Winning a better deal for public services in the region and for the dedicated public servants that run them is top of my list.  

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol

Here is a selection of photographs from two pickets in Bristol, at Lansdown Road and Croydon Street, taken by Nigel […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Devon Partnership NHS Trust signs UNISON’s apprenticeships charter

“We are proud to have been the first South West branch to get to this point and we hope our work can be a model for future agreements in the region.” Under the charter, the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Bristol health branch helps show racists the red card

And the result has seen a significant improvement in the protection of staff from abusive patients […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Care workers win in Bath

The news comes after Sirona announced it would be handing back the contract to provide community resource centres and extra care facilities in September […]

News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON helps University of Bath win living wage accreditation

Set to take effect in April, it means that all workers in the second-largest employer in Bath and north east Somerset will be paid at least £9 an hour. The Living Wage Foundation currently sets […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Care workers strike against pay cuts

And they will be staging more two-hour strikes throughout the rest of June. The strike, by […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Wigan hospital workers vote for strike ballot

Members at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS foundation trust voted to reject the plans and ask the union for a strike ballot by 93% […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

TUC National Inspection Day 2017

Date
25 October 2017 2:00am–2:00am

The TUC National Inspection Day falls on the Wednesday of each European Health and Safety Week. This year UNISON is encouraging safety reps to specifically consider inspections focusing on whether the workplace is healthy for all ages. With the working population ageing and apprenticeship schemes being introduced as an alternative to schooling, this focus is […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

UNISON secures employment tribunal win for careers advisers

UNISON has won a hard fought victory for workers in the careers service against Prospects Limited

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

South West care company signs Ethical Care Charter

"We hope other providers will follow CORMAC's example, and ensure that they highest quality of care can be delivered consistently to those who most need it […]

News on the UNISON National site.

Living wage win for Bath University workers

The news - welcomed by UNISON, staff and students at the university - follows two years of hard campaigning. Last year, the university […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Cornwall council agrees to pay the living wage

 Low pay is no joke and many people on minimum wage and zero-hours contracts can only survive from hand to […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

£75m Cornish NHS privatisation plan scrapped

Last summer, NHS Kernow - the clinical commissioning group for Cornwall and the Scilly Isles - announced that a range of "non-complex" procedures, from minor trauma care to […]

Article on the UNISON National site.